Music Helps is a free online training course designed for people of Indian heritage and available to caregivers who are looking to learn how to use music in the care they provide to people living with dementia.
Course details:
5 Chapters
34 Teaching videos
12 Interviews with caregivers
5 Interactive games
1 Digital certificate
Take a look at a summary of the chapters’ contents.
Who should sign up?
Caregivers of Indian heritage and/or those providing care for a person of Indian heritage living with dementia.
Music Helps is accessible in English, Hindi and Telugu.
Music Helps (UK) has been launched...
"Very nice course I gained some knowledge from this course regards dementia and also small videos are very clear to understand the session."
Music Helps Participant
"It is difficult to take care of dementia patients, but now music has helped me a lot."
Music Helps Participant
"We are really excited to be a part of this project and believe that this training tool has potential to support dementia-caregivers, not only in care facilities like ours, but also the ones determined to cope with dementia care-giving in their own homes."
Pavithra Gangadharan, Director of Heritage ElderCare Services
ePoster at World Congress of Music Therapy 2023
An ePoster exploring the innovation and international collaboration required to develop Music Helps was displayed at the World Congress of Music Therapy in 2023 and is still available to view online.
The ePoster is a fully interactive webpage, and includes background information, videos, musical examples, photographs, downloadable resources and much more!